Welcoming... Me

**tirith** · 03-31-2012, 02:09 PM

So, been on these forums for a while, but just picked up the photon today, and honestly am quite pleased with my upgrade decision. moving up from the evo shift, three only thing I miss is the keyboard, and honestly, my choice was between this and the et4g.

so, is rooting this device really worth it?

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**Paul627g** · 03-31-2012, 02:11 PM

Welcome to Android Central. Enjoy the forums.

**beantown** · 04-01-2012, 07:03 AM

Hey welcome aboard...it's truly a sleeper of a phone...I had the EVO 4G before switching to the Photon, and right out of the box I'm able to do everything I was unable to with the EVO-unless I rooted which I never did. So, depending on what your trying to do with your Photon rooting could be an option...

**dalebert54** · 04-01-2012, 09:30 AM

personally, I have found that there are not that many things that I am aware of that one NEEDS to root to achieve, at least for the average user. I came from the Palm Pre, which was "rooted" out of the box, and this is my first Android, but there are few things I feel I am missing out on other than basic UI, which I do miss from the Pre every day (I miss the keyboard too) . My wife still has her stock Evo, and complains that I have my Photon so customized that it is almost unusable to her. Give it a spin unrooted, and if you get bored root away. Either way, I think you are going to continue to enjoy this phone. Cheers.

**BergerKing** · 04-01-2012, 09:29 PM

I've found plenty to keep me busy without thinking about rooting so far. They've done a pretty decent job with this MoPho.

**BergerKing** · 04-01-2012, 09:33 PM

Originally Posted by itsalex2323

Hey welcome aboard...it's truly a sleeper of a phone...I had the EVO 4G before switching to the Photon, and right out of the box I'm able to do everything I was unable to with the EVO-unless I rooted which I never did. So, depending on what your trying to do with your Photon rooting could be an option...

Sleeper is almost an understatement. I didn't know it existed until I started looking at Android devices. I really wasn't looking for an all-touch. But then I started reading and researching the devices Sprint had. For what I need in a Smartphone, the Photon was the obvious choice.

**tirith** · 04-02-2012, 07:41 PM

Honestly, I am getting used to motoblur, but I may go ahead and root and try a different rom... But then again every phone I've had since my g1 I've rooted...

Swyped from my Photon using t-talk.

**BergerKing** · 04-02-2012, 10:13 PM

It hasn't fazed me at all. Everything I've expected has been delivered in spades. Even with my usual usage, and without tweaking the settings for optimal battery I got just over 10 hours out of it today, and I wrung it out pretty well.